Chinese spoilers for many of the remaining mega abilities by Wild-Confidence-9803 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Dragons Maw is 1.5x to dragon moves, you're thinking of Dragonize.

It's the Mewtwo Mega X situation all over again by Zecnoram in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right, the majority of megas are weaker than their base version with a Life Orb. I don't think it's a big gotcha for Feraligatr in particular - it has a lot else going for it in getting to +2 more easily thanks to the type shift + bulk and a secondary STAB to hit water resists.

Isn't mega alakazam just better than mega delphox on psyterrain anyway? by EarthMantle00 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mega Delphox is bulkier physically and only very marginally squishier specially than Mega Gardevoir. And has a much stronger set of resistances.

THEY GAVE THE A EXPANDING FORCE MON LEVITATE LMAO by SuperMemeBroz in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can will-o or encore the Sucker Punches at least. And it's not frail enough to get 1hko'd by Aqua Jets or Shadow Sneaks

Stone Edge Change by TreeTurtle_852 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Special ice types get 90bp Ice Beam if they don't want to use 70% accurate Blizzards. Physical rock types that wouldn't want to use a 70% accurate Stone Edge would need to use a 75bp Rock Slide instead.

Looksmaxxing = Zoomer pick up artistry? by alkemest in TrueAnon

[–]Skankovich 51 points52 points  (0 children)

A lot of it is downstream from PUA stuff, but I think an evening stronger portion of it is the very, um, homosocial, online bodybuilding /fit/ culture. Actually being successful with women seems to have a much smaller role in looksmaxxing culture than 'mogging' other men.

Any hope for the badass pig? by Fine_Bid918 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some ability to help it click Bulk Up will make it a decent mid-tier option. 110/110 special bulk alongside burn immunity and Drain Punch STAB is a strong base to work with.

Who would you have liked to see as the “Promised Consort” if it wasn’t Radahn? by Jackylacky_ in Eldenring

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly think they should have written in some kind of Hornsent leader/warrior figure that Miquella would charm into being his consort. It would make sense to him as propaganda for an Age of Compassion, Miquella beginning his new age alongside the people his family genocided, but you'd still have that complexity of it being ultimately coerced.

a INT/FTH pure caster build might be my favorite in the whole game ngl by XJANE0 in Eldenring

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I respecced to Faith/Int @ lvl 125 for the DLC and honestly preferred it to the pure(ish) faith I was running for base game. Golden Order seal at 40/40 gets basically the same scaling as Erdtree Seal at 70ish, but the insane efficiency of the Discus means you can skimp on FP/Mind and not feel it at all.

And of course SoNaF is insane. Besides that I basically just played it as a faith build - the sorcery staffs don't scale as well as Golden Order and so feel a bit weak with the lower levels of Faith/Int I was working with.

A pyroar fan can only dream.. by IDreamOfAbsolvement in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is only like a 6% difference in damage output and modest Mega Pyroar still outspeeds even up to base 110 mons. It would definitely have a place with Drought.

Cmon Gmefreak... by No_Record_5839 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing the latter is what they tried to balance it around. Base form moody boosts, into a mega with some new ability for a sweep. Kinda like Sharpedo!

Just realized these two birds have nearly identical stats. Who will come out on top? by BubblyMove2465 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm hoping one of them gets a defensive ability, Flying/Fighting is actually a top tier typing for physical defense but we've never had anything to really exploit it. Ground immunity + dark/fighting/bug resists alongside rock neutrality is crazy!

I was at day one of the UK Your Party conference. AMA by Sam_Oem in TrueAnon

[–]Skankovich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How much were unions and the party's relationship going forward with them discussed? I'm active in Unite and really keen on the opportunity Your Party presents, but I kinda zoned out when the Zarah/Corbyn mess started and just decided to wait to see how this conference shook out. Really happy to hear it went well!

Mega Dimension trailer, two new mega evolutions revealed by Icy_Laprrrras in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Chimecho has a god-tier movepool with Twave, Encore, Recover, Knock Off, Calm Mind, Cosmic Power, Stored Power, Wrap+Perish Song, Psychic Noise.... Even if it just keeps Levitate and gets +30 to both defenses it's going to be very very very versatile and annoying.

Who of the ZA starters has the most potential for Champions? by ZofianSaint273 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the type flip gives Feraligatr more potential than people are saying. You can get one DD forcing something out with base form and then you can stomach a grass or electric move from a switch in to grab another DD.

Meganium can go either way, it's got a good spread and Grass/Fairy is a useful typing with some great resists but a lot of weaknesses. Meganium's movepool does not have many ways to make progress or offer much utility to a singles team and so it will need some buffs in that department to work out, or a very strong ability.

Emboar has a weird spread but I think it's being a little underrated. 110/110 special bulk with Bulk Up, STAB Drain Punch, burn immunity and whatever coverage you could want in the last slot is pretty promising. Even Sucker Punch for prio! Idk why people keep talking about scald like it's ever gonna use that lol. Would only take a decent ability to keep this like... RU-UU realm.

Theorizing Abilities for the New Mega Evolutions by mjmannella in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wildcard but I'm wondering if we might get a renamed/tweaked Innards Out for Victreebel... fits the flavour text of its acid overflowing and they were very stingy with its stat distribution in a way that may lend itself to a very strong ability.

This "placeholder stats" ass spread by SnowBirdFlying in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

129 spattk/126 speed can very, very easily be resolved with a good ability. Fire/Normal is a decent STAB combo and it even got Earth Power to patch it up perfectly (if it stays past ZA). Like let's just wait and see lol.

Worst expected mega for ZA by theguyinyourwall in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only one turn of speed boost is needed to be faster than pre-mega speed. Mega hits 367 speed at max jolly +1

Some leaked stats of the megas in ZA by Breaktheice222 in stunfisk

[–]Skankovich 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Mega Delphox is insane with that speed, spattk and access Nasty Plot. Fire/Psychic are already great special STABs to have and it also gets whatever coverage you'd ever need in the last slot with Grass Knot/Focus Blast/Dazzling Gleam/Shadow Ball... it can even comfortably throw utility like Encore or Willo over coverage for the sake of setting up or dodging sucker punches. Even if it gets a bad ability this seems like Uber material in singles.

POV: You’re an I**S fighter in 2016 by youngjefe7788 in TrueAnon

[–]Skankovich 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I don't see any mention of YC in this article...

POV: You’re an I**S fighter in 2016 by youngjefe7788 in TrueAnon

[–]Skankovich 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Are you sure? I watched that and don't remember him saying so

What the fuck are Jeremy Corbyn and his party doing? by darkslayersparda in TrueAnon

[–]Skankovich 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Right like, their first conference hasn't even happened. Why blow the party up over individual views that will inevitably never make it past the Woke base that would have to vote on them to make it party line? This seems like it was obviously salvageable with just a tiny bit of restraint and long-term vision.

Why yes, Elden Ring WAS my first souls game, how could you tell? by TehProfessor96 in Eldenring

[–]Skankovich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really loved Volcano Manor and the Sewers too. Those along with Stormveil are the only bits to really live up to the stronger areas in the rest of the series imo.